Log spew of warning messages in vpxd.log - Skipping update of NIC settings for unknown device

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

In /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log there is an abnormal amount of warning messages reading:

####-##-##T##:##:##.674Z warning vpxd[173213] [Originator@6876 sub=InvtVmDb opID=HB-host-######@#######-########] Skipping update of NIC settings for unknown device; key=-1, VM id=######
####-##-##T##:##:##.674Z warning vpxd[173213] [Originator@6876 sub=InvtVmDb opID=HB-host-######@#######-########] Skipping update of NIC settings for unknown device; key=-1, VM id=######
####-##-##T##:##:##.674Z warning vpxd[173213] [Originator@6876 sub=InvtVmDb opID=HB-host-######@#######-########] Skipping update of NIC settings for unknown device; key=-1, VM id=######

 

The "VM id" refers to many different VMs of different config, OS's etc

Environment

vCenter Server 8.0 U3

Cause

The VMs mentioned in the logs have NicInfo with a field "deviceConfigId = -1".

This is put into the vCenter Database and when it is queried for NicInfo; the warning message occurs in the log.

Resolution

This issue will be resolved in a future release.

The log message are benign and can be ignored.

Workaround to suppress the log spew:

• Add the following two (2) configuration settings in "Advanced Settings" in vSphere UI:

  config.level[InvtVmDb].logLevel = error
config.level[InvtVmDb].logName = InvtVmDb

• Restart vpxd service to apply:

service-control --restart vpxd